Instrument-supporting device.



C. W. JENKINS.

INSTRUMENISUPPORTING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED JULY 28. i917.

, 1,276,073. Pa,te11tedAug.20,1918n in v U I E S AT S P TEN OFFICE CHARLES w. Jnivxrns, or ntilnnson, VIRGINIA, nssrenor. or ONE-HALF TO LEE B,

nancoox, or RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .CI-IAnLns WV. JENKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ellerson, in the county of Hanover and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Instrument-Supporting Devices, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to: an instrument support and has for'its primary object to provide improved means for mounting and supporting a primer, auxiliary air supply device or other instrument upon the dash board of a motor vehicle.

his a more particular object of the in.- vention to provide a supporting device for the above purpose, embodying means whereby the instrument maybe securely fixed and supported in a vertical position either upon an obliquely inclined dash or instrument board, or upon a perpendicular board. With the above and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel features of construction, combination, and arrangements of parts tobe hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view, partly in section, illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation illustrating the device mounted upon a vertically disposed dash or supporting board;

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the wedge-shaped spacing block used in mount- Iigig the device upon an inclined supporting oard' Fig. 5 is a detail section taken on the line 5--5 of Fig. 2.

In the accompanying drawing, I have shown by way of illustration, an auxiliary air supply device for the engine cylinder, generally designated by the numeral 5, the body of said device being provided with a laterally projecting stem 14 threaded at its end as at 15 for detachable connection thereto of a conducting pipe or tube 16. It will be manifest, however, as the description proceeds, that the present invention is not limited to use in connection with such an instrument or device, but is adaptable as well far the support of various other instrie msrnnmnnr-surronrme DEVICE.

specification of Letters rateutl Patented Aug. 20, 1918. Application filed uly 28, 1917. Serial No.183,317.

ments to be used for other purposes upon the dashor'instrument board of a vehicle.

41 designates a face plate which is slightly dished at its outer edge so as to space the plate fromthe face of the dash or instrument board indicated at D. .This plate is provided inits outer face with a radially extending groove or channel 42and, at the inner end of this channel, an opening 43 is formed through the plate to accommodate the threaded stem 14 on the body member 5. At the outer end of the channel 42, the plate 41 is formed wih a radial extension or projection 44. Above the opening 43, the plate is further provided with an aperture 45. 46 designates a wedge-shaped block having an inclined face 47 adapted to fit within the channel 42 in the plate 41, the longitudinal shoulders 48 at opposite edges of this inclined face 47 engaging tightly againstthe face of the plate 41. The block 46 isuhollowed out, as'clearly shown in Fig. 2, and provided with the opening 49 extending therethrough to coincide with the opening 43 in the face plate. One end. of this wedge member is adapted to fit within the channeled extension 44 of the plate 41. The body 5 of the device is adapted to be fitted against the vertical side of the block 46 and between flanges on the opposite edges thereof,said body likewise having a lug or extension 50 for engagement upon the lower end of the block 46. This lug, the end of the wedge block, and the radial extension 44 on the plate 41, are provided with registering openings to receive a fastening bolt 51, whereby the several parts may be securely fastened together. The block 46 is provided upon its upper end with a short stud 52 for engagement through the aper ture 45 in the plate 41. It will be understood, of course, that the bolt 51 may be readily fitted through an opening bored in thedash or instrument board. By the use of the block 46, it will be seen that the device can be quickly and securely mounted upon an instrument board or dash disposed in an inclined plane so as to vertically posi tion the body of the device containing the movable valve. When, however, the instrument board or dash is not inchned but ver 'tically disposed as indicated in Fi 3, then use and may be very easily and quickly api plied to support the instrument in a vertical position, either when the. dash or instrument.

board is disposed in an obliquely inclined" plane, or when said board is perpendicularly disposed. As the device consists of but two primary parts, it will be seen that the support occupies but little space upon the instrument board or dash, and as these parts are quite simple in their construction, the device as a whole may be produced at small manufacturing cost. 1

VVh'le I have herein shown and described the preferred construction and arrangement of the several elements, it is to be understood that the device is susceptible of considerable modification therein and I, therefore, reserve the privilege of adopting all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scope ofthe invention as claimed. t

Having thusfully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the character described includi-ng a body member, a face plate adapted to be engaged upon an instrument board, said plate having a channel to receive one edge of the body when the instrument board is vertically disposed, a wedge-shaped block adapted to be interposed between the body and said face plateand also seating in the channel of said plate" when the instrument board is disposed in an inclined plane.

2. A device of the character described including a body member, a face plate adapted to be engaged upon an instrument board, a wedge-shaped block adapted to be interposed between' thebody and said face plate when the instrument board is disposed in an inclined plane, and means for detachably securing the body member, the spacing block and the plate together.-

- 3. A device of the character described including a; body member, a face plate adapted to be engaged upon an instrument board,

signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES W. JENKINS. \Vitnesses:

J. A. MILLS, 'S. BAoKn-Aom' copier of this patent my be oitainedtor five cents mmbyvaddrossfng the C'omnihshner 0! Patent Washington- 1). 0,. 

